Stock-car



S. BRAY. Stock-Ca r.

No. 223,876. 1 Patented lab. 27, 1880.

INVENTOR:

BY M ORNEYS.

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of the swinging bars.

the entrance and egress of the cattle.

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ATENr SANFORD BRAY, OF OHARLESTOWN, MASSAOHUSETTS.

STOCK-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 223,876, dated January 27, 1880.

Application filed December 10, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SANFORD BRAY, of Oharlestown, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cattle-Oars, of which the following is a specification.

Figure l is a sectional plan view of my improvement, taken through the line 2 2, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a sectional end elevation taken through the line a: as, Fig. 1. Fig 3 is a sectional side elevation taken through the line 3 Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the troughs.

The object of this invention is to furnish cattle-cars so constructed that the cattle will be arranged compactly, and can be conveniently loaded and unloaded.

A represents the body of a car, in each end of each side of which is formed a door, B, for Along the sides of the car are placed upright standards or stanchions G, at a greater or less distance apart, according as larger or smaller cattle are to be carried. The-lower ends of the standards 0 are inserted in holes or sockets in the floor of the car, and their upper ends are inserted in a groove in a bar orchannelplate, D, attached to the roof of the car, where they are seciired in place by pins E. I prefer to use split spring-pins E, to prevent them from jarring out.

To the standards 0 are hinged the ends of bars F, which separate the cattle. The inner or free ends of the hinged bars F are provided with spring-bolts G, to engage with notches in the sides of the central bar, H, and fasten the said bar F in place.

The ends of the bars F are beveled to fit against the sides of the central bar, H, and the ends of the spring-bolts G are beveled, so that the said bars may fasten themselves auto matically as they are pushed into place, which may be done from the outside of the car with a stick.

The central bar, H, is held in place by supports I, attached to the car, and may be stationary, or so arranged that it may be raised and lowered. The central bar, H, does not extend to either end of the car, space being left at each end for the passage of the cattle.

At one end of the car is placed a continuation of the bar H, which is not shown in the drawings, and which is designed to be hinged at one end, so that it may be swung around to either side.

J are long bars placed between the standards O and the sides of the car A. One end of the bars J project through vertical slots in the end of the car A. The other end of the bars J terminate opposite the other end of the central bar, H, so that the cattle in entering the car can pass the said bars J.

The hinged ends of the bars F are made with projecting flanges or lips to overlap the upper edges of the side bars, J, so that said hinged bars F may be raised and lowered by and with the said bars J.

The bars F maybe made with downwardlyprojecting semi-tubular arms K, to rest against the standards 0, and thus give the said bars F a firmer hearing. In this case the semitubular arms K are strengthened by braces L, as shown in Fig. 4.

To the ends of the bars J are attached the ends of cords or chains M, the other ends of which are attached to windlasses N, secured to the top of the car, and which are provided with ratchet-wheels O and pawls P, to hold the bars J in any position into which they may be adjusted.

Q are troughs, which are made with tubular bearin gs It, to receive the standards 0, and which rest upon the bars F and J, so that they may be raised by and with the said bars. To each trough Qis also attached a short pipe, S, to receive the end of a rubber tube, '1, the other end of which is attached to the lower end of a short pipe, U.

The pipes U pass up through the roof of the car A and open into troughs V, formed upon the said roof, so that the cattle can be con- 'veniently watered by pouring water into the said troughs V. Another advantage of this arrangement is that in case of rain the water will flow down into the troughs Q and water the stock without any labor.

The troughs Q, are provided with dischargeopenings W, through which the contents of the said troughs may be drawn OK, when desired.

In loading the car the two bars F at the rear end of the car are raised, the otherloars F are swung out against the sides of the car, and the swinging continuation of the central bar, H, is swung to one side. A single animal is then admitted, and is secured across the other end of the car by two bars, F. Other animals are then admitted. one at a time, and secured by the bars F until one side of the car is filled. The continuation of the central bar, H, is then secured in line with the central bar, H, and the other side of the car is filled.

The car is unloaded by raising the bars F and J and allowing the cattle to pass out at the forward end of the car through the doors 13.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patcut- 1. In a cattle-car, the combination, with the car-body A, of the standards 0, the swinging bars F, provided with the spring-bolts G, the

central bar, H, and the side bars, J, substantially as herein shown and described, so that the cattle can be conveniently loaded and unloaded, as set forth.

2. In a cattle-car, the combination, with the side bars, J, that support the swinging bars F, of the chains Mand windlasses N, substantially as herein shown and described, for rais- .ing and lowering the bars J F, as set forth. 

